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Future Expats Forum

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We're here to look at who decides to live overseas, why they do, and how they accomplish it.

There are many reasons to live outside of your native country, in my case, the USA. My husband and I realized several years ago that, if we stay here, we will never be able to afford to retire. Add to this my lifelong desire to spend significant time in another country, and we began looking at the possibilities of retiring overseas.

• Added on: Jun 8th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Susanna Perkins
• Listed in: Lifestyle Travel
• Tags: expat expatriate retire abroad international living move overseas live overseas

Recent Posts

• American Expats and Mexican Health Care

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 23:28 in Mexico, expat, health care, healthcare, retire, Central America

  More mainstream news coverage about US citizens and Mexican health care. This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video....

• The Holiday: Expat Movie Review

  Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 22:10 in movie, Film, youtube, vacation, London, England, holiday, usa, christmas, la, Kate Winslet, surrey

  This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video. Well, it’s not exactly an expat movie, although various characters do travel to and stay in other countries. But it’s a sweet Christ...

• Get Rid of the Junk

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 16:38 in General, stuff, move, clutter, downsize

  Last month I wrote a post about downsizing and getting ready for your overseas move. I just had an experience this weekend that really drives home the importance of trimming down, winnowing and getting rid of extra stuff — even if you’re ...

• Bahrain: World’s Friendliest Country?

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 18:40 in spain, africa, malaysia, asia, Canada, australia, Singapore, south africa, thailand, hong kong, us, bahrain

  According to Forbes.com, Bahrain scored the top spot in HSBC’s recent survey of 3,100 expats. They admit this might be a fluke — only 31 responses came in from Bahrain, compared to 450 from the UK, for example. But it’s an interesti...

• American Immigrants Using Mexican Health Care

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 18:11 in Mexico, expat, health care, Central America

  The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c...

• Death In The Andamans: Book Review

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 19:04 in asia, Mystery, books and movies, bay of bengal, andaman islands, expat books, mm kaye

  Death in the Andamans by MM Kaye takes place over Christmas in the late 1930s. Copper Randal’s school chum Valerie has invited Copper (christened Caroline Olivia Phoebe Elizabeth) to stay with her in the tropics. Valerie’s stepfather, Sir Lionel ...

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